The Most Dangerous Games: A Small Radio

Normally I wouldn’t post a second game quite so soon after posting the last one, but guess what? It’s October. And October means it’s Halloween season. And since it’s Halloween season, now seems like a good time to look at “A Small Radio.” I mentioned it briefly last year, but due to a lot of Big Life Changes, I wasn’t able to cover it in time for Halloween 2015. I put it on my to do list for the following year, though, and, well… here we are.

Originally posted to the Creepypasta Wikia by user MacaroniArtZombeh in August of 2013, this game can only be played on a very particular day; trying to do it at any other time will result in a failed attempt. So I figured I’d put it on your radar now, at the beginning of the month, so you have plenty of time to get ready for the Oct. 30 start date. You don’t need much to get it started — just yourself, an outdoor location, and a cell phone. If all goes as planned, the rest of the supplies will be provided to you if and when you need it.

Then again, though, I’m not totally sure you’ll want to play it. Like several of the other games we’ve looked at here, this one is a recipe for luck… but luck never comes without a price.

As always…

…Well, you know how it goes.

Players:

One principal.

Requirements:

One mobile phone.

An outdoor location.

Instructions:

The Summoning:

Wait until Oct. 30.

Begin at 11:59pm.

Go outside.

Using your hands, draw a circle into the dirt.

Set you phone to vibrate. Place it in the middle of the circle.

Keep your eyes on the phone. Do not close your eyes. Do not look away from it.

Continue watching the phone until 12:15am.

If nothing happens: The ritual has failed. Do not proceed.

If the phone rings: You may proceed. However, do NOT answer the phone. Simply wait.

Continue waiting.

If nothing happens: The ritual has failed. Do not proceed.

If you receive a text message: You may proceed. Read the text; it will contain a phone number.

Set your phone to speaker and call the number.

If no one picks up: The ritual has failed. Do not proceed.

If the call is answered: You may proceed. Listen. If you are asked for your physical address, give it to whoever asks.

Wait for two nights. Go about your life in the meantime. Try not to get distracted.

The Gift:

At the end of the waiting period, make sure you’re well-rested enough to stay awake until midnight.

When the clock ticks over to 11:59pm, listen.

If you hear nothing: The ritual has failed. Do not proceed.

If you hear a knock on the door: Answer it. You won’t find anyone there, so don’t bother looking for them; however, there will be a package waiting or you on the doorstep. Bring it inside.

Open the package. Take out the contents: Batteries, and a small radio. Put the batteries in the radio.

Wait until 12:15am, then turn the radio on and tune it to AM station 11.1.

Listen.

Keep listening.

Do not stop listening.

At 12:25am, a song will play. Listen to it deeply and fully.

For the next year, keep the radio on. You might not always hear it, but that doesn’t matter. As long as it’s on and playing, you will experience an astonishing amount of good luck. You will succeed in everything and anything you do, no matter how big or small.

The Price:

One day, you will hear a startling noise — something you might describe as a pop, or maybe a gunshot. It’s the sound of the batteries in the radio dying.

When you hear that noise, start running.

Concerning the Price:

Once you start running, don’t stop.

There’s no guarantee that it will do anything other than delay the inevitable, but it might make you feel better in the long run. Like you’re doing something that might help — even though it won’t.

Since and I am assuming what comes for you is a supernatural enity,is there a way of avoiding or guarding yourself against this “inevitably”? As well as in other cases? I mean if anything that good luck should help right?

Nope, no chance. The radio provides you with SUPER good luck and all the bad luck is gone for the whole year. After that, you’re on your own. You’re good luck has disappear and you have something chasing you.

I did this. I heard it pop, and I ran. I ran to my car, and drove… until a big ass truck slammed into me. I ended up with 5 cracked ribs and a broken arm. I think I was lucky, cause I’ve got my eyes, I’m sane, and I still draw breath. I have to admit, it was the second best year of my life (the number 1 best year of my life was when I did “man in the fields” as a 9 year old), but I’m not going to do it again. The year of luck was worth the accident? yes. But I got really lucky in my run of “bad luck”. I’m not going to make it worse

From my understanding of staving off bad luck in these types of rituals, I would find it safe to assume that this is something similar to the ‘Dark Reflections’ ritual in that the thing that you are running from is all the pent of negative energy that was trapped during the radio’s active period, similarly to how it is trapped within the mirror until you break it in ‘Dark Reflections.’

Fate doesn’t like to be cheated and will be trying to correct the imbalance the second the song stops holding it back. This is all speculation of course, but it’s a safe bet this will do you physical harm in a major way, that being the best case scenario.

What happens is that all the radio does is drain the year of its bad luck, but then it has to put that somewhere, so it concentrates all that bad luck into the time Lucy Fir spent running from the concentration, and if you’re as lucky as Lucy Fir, then you’ll only end up with a seriously broken body. Speaking of which, she’s probably one of the only people to ever escape the concentration of bad luck.

If this is true, then this is that one game I will not ever play (even if I had a terminal disease). I am curious as to what would happen if you were successful to the point of receiving the radio but decide to quit while you are ahead.

I guess this is one of those games that you won’t ever have a chance to play again…
Also I’m slightly confused by the locations we use – you said to use an outside location, so would a backyard/garden be good enough or would it have to be something like a park?

And say it was the latter, when asking for our physical location do we mention the location of the park, or would we say the address of our home?

1. Would a backyard/garden will be good enough or will it have to be a park?

A backyard or garden is enough. Just any, any, outdoor location is enough. Just don’t do the summoning inside a building though.

2. Do we say the location of the outdoor location or the address of where we live?

The address of where you live. Because the entity (or specific mailman) may deliver it to your park and maybe you’ll think: “How come I didn’t receive my radio?” and someone picks it up and they’ll be the one receiving the prize and paying the price. You don’t want that, do you?

3. What does he do with you?

Send you a radio. Make you receive the prize and pay the price.
Or make you pay for failing the ritual.

Bad luck will catch up on you and bring the ritual to an abrupt and unfortunate end.

Someone actually in the comments played this game and he/she decided to drive her car at the time of the price.
He/She got slammed by a big truck and was brought to the hospital (maybe) with broken ribs and a broken arm. He/She survived.

1. That’s cheating and the one who delivered it to you might be mad and nothing good will happen to you.
2. The batteries might not fit in the radio.
3. The batteries might not match the radio’s system.

1. Bad luck catches up on you.
2. You’ll be in more risk of bad luck catching up. I read a comment that the user played this game and he/she decided to drive his/her car instead. He/She got slammed in a truck and ended up with broken ribs and a broken arm.

first of all, this reminds me of supernatural.
and also, would it be acceptable to use dry bones and wish the batteries to never run out or is that considered “steep” for playing dry bones?
could you complete 11 miles and wish the batteries to never run out?

Okay, so if the radio plays and in your house you have better luck in your house than going out of your house, does that mean that you could escape even before the bad luck sets in? Like rent a taxi and go to an airport to fly somewhere far away? Because if the ritual is performed during Halloween and you start your year count down 2 days after, you probably have enough time and good luck to move out before the year is over. This is just a suggestion. IDK if it will work

Okay how can you not stop running? What if we get tired or start feeling pain from running a long time? But a car is no better cause you’ll have to keep driving & never stop. Then you gotta worry about running out of gas & you can’t stop to get any. So basically don’t play if your life is worth a year of no bad things happening. I’ll pass.